"Code with Copilot Agent Mode" appears in the GitHub UI even though I have Copilot disabled and hidden in the settings

[imsnif]

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When reading issues, I have this on the sidebar:

Even though my Copilot is disabled, hidden and should not appear in the settings:

How do I remove this?

Thanks.

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[pmatilai]

This is indeed a rather unwelcome surprise this morning.

Worse than just overriding individual user preferences is that this is now present in every single ticket of our repositories, when the last thing we want is AI assisted bugfixes. There should be a per-repository setting to disable this suggestion really.

[jaredcwhite]

I just came here to see if this was reported, otherwise I would report it. It is a violation of my ethics for me to utilize a generative AI tool, thus I have Copilot disabled entirely for GitHub. Yet I am suddenly seeing this in issues. Looking forward to a fix!

[bjorn3]

Any update on this github?

[jaredcwhite]

This would be practically a one-liner in a view template somewhere.

if current_user.copilot_enabled
  show_agent_button
end

I don't understand how stuff like this is slipping through the cracks, other than there's literally a mandate from on high to push these features to users even when they explicitly don't want them. ☹️

[KalleOlaviNiemitalo]

I added this to chrome/userContent.css in my Mozilla Firefox profile to hide the button:

@-moz-document domain(github.com) {
	div[data-testid="sidebar-section"] > div > div:has(a[data-testid="open-in-copilot-agent-button"]) {
		display: none !important;
	}
}

Alternatively, the CSS selector could use the classes of the div elements. I don't know which selector is more likely to be broken by future GitHub changes.

[robintown]

They now changed it to a button instead of an a.

[jaredcwhite]

Just wild to me I got a marketing email from GitHub with a zillion AI-related updates, and yet they couldn't be bothered to spend 15 minutes adding a conditional flag to hide this for people WHO HAVE ALREADY OPTED OUT. Good grief. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[dreamos82]

So is there no way to disable another unrequested/useless feature?

If i don't need/want it why i can't remove it (is also a waste of bandwidth and resources).

I can block it from my browser but i want it gone from my project. But i suspect that it will never happen since noone will listen.

[ghostinhershell]

Hi @imsnif + all!

Thank you for the detailed report regarding "Code with Copilot Agent Mode" appearing in the UI even though it's disabled and hidden in the settings. We’ve reviewed your notes and passed this along to the relevant engineering team, where it’s now tracked internally for investigation.

We appreciate your thoroughness and the time you’ve taken to help surface this. Improving reliability and user experience is a priority, and reports like yours are incredibly helpful.

Thanks again for your contribution to the platform.

[paulwest4]

Has the relevant engineering team taken a look at this? If so, have they decided to address the problem? If so when; and if not why not?